Review of The History Boys (2006) by Renée W — 20 Apr 2008

No wonder the English are incredibly well-versed...

This review of The History Boys (2006) was written by Renée W on 20 Apr 2008.

The History Boys has generally received positive reviews.

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By Scott Foundas (913) for Village Voice (8,525) on 04 Jul 2012

The film version of The History Boys is a lesser thing, more fixed in space and time and rendered almost unbearably cinematic in patches by…

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By Sean S (1,358) on 17 Jul 2012

I was a little offput by its integrated-student approach to the boys' subject material, but that's the only gripe I had with it…

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By Toddy Burton (54) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 16 Jul 2012

Clearly, the filmmakers did manage to capture some measure of lightning in a bottle…

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By Yannis A (105) on 08 Jan 2016

A very British trifle…

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By Charles G (399) on 02 Jan 2015

Fantastic. Brilliant set of characters created by Bennett, who complement each other perfectly. Very easy viewing…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 24 Feb 2014

In The History Boys, as in all of Bennett's work, irony is what the characters live and breathe - and I mean irony in its truest sense, of…

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By Glenn Kenny (1,728) for Premiere (771) on 08 Dec 2012

There's no one today writing English dialogue as sharp as Bennett's, and hearing it delivered expertly is a pleasure worth sitting through…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Feb 2015

The History Boys is an erudite, sharply written film with consummate performances, but its origins on the stage are all too obvious…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 28 Feb 2015

Should have stayed on the stage you feel, just does not work as a movie…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 09 Nov 2016

Revved by the stage performances, the cast courses through the material with disciplined exuberance--especially the eight young actors at the…

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